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Doing business in Lao PDR : constraints to productivity (Laosiano)

Abstracto en inglés

New available data suggests that the Lao business environment is not improving, and might be deteriorating. The main constraints named by firms surveyed in the 2016 Enterprise Survey are the practices of the informal sector, with 40 percent of respondents...
Vea más +New available data suggests that the Lao business environment is not improving, and might be deteriorating. The main constraints named by firms surveyed in the 2016 Enterprise Survey are the practices of the informal sector, with 40 percent of respondents identifying this issue, followed by tax rates at 33 percent and transportation at 23 percent. This represents a shift from 2012, when no areas were cited more than 20 percent, and the top were corruption, electricity, and worker education. In addition, analysis of firm productivity data indicates that labor productivity in Lao PDR remains low, with median levels of labor productivity around US $4600, lower than regional peers. This has not shown statistically significant variation from the previous surveys. Of greater concern, the highest performing firms among those in Lao PDR, ranked at the 90th percentile domestically lag drastically behind firms at the same percentile in neighboring countries.
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